بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the name of God the Most Gracious the Most Merciful.

I would like to welcome you the Second Grade Girls website at Al Madinah School.

Our core belief is that all children can achieve higher levels of academic success when provided with an interactive and challenging program, focusing on the individual needs of our multicultural population. A highly effective partnership between our school staff and school community insures the intellectual, social and creative growth of all our children, while establishing high standards of excellence and achievement. The primary focus of this well-balanced union will continue to be on literacy, supported by technology, which will be used as a vital tool to achieve curriculum objectives. As we continue to implement balanced literacy and the everyday math program, we strive to surpass New Standards performance criteria. We encourage our students to become independent thinkers, problem solvers and future leaders.

This week we have our line-up about dinosaurs. All of the following images you see were taken on our class trip to the American Museum of Natural History.

This is a replica of the dinosaur called

Brachiosaurus. As you can see, we only captured part of the dinosaur. If this dinosaur was alive today it would be the equivalent of two yellow school buses.

Here we have a

Triceratops. The name
Triceratops means "three horned face" and gave away to its characteristics. It used its horns to protect itself from its predators.

This is another one of my favorite dinosaurs which is the stegasaurus. It's name means "roof-lizard." It has a distinctive and unusual posture along with its heavily armored back. It has been theorized that the Stegosaurus has a "second brain" on its tail which controlled reflexes and protected itself from its predators.

Lastly, this is an actual fossil of a Tyrannosaurus Rex's head. It's head is approximately five feet long. It is the largest meat eating dinosaur. Its name means "tyrant lizard." It can weigh up to 5400 kilograms. Here is a replica of a Tyrannosaurus Rex devouring another dinosaur.

Science Fair projects deadline have been extended to Friday, April 11, 2008. The following website could help you with your project:

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/

The science project must be shown on a display board including all of the steps to the scientific method.

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Brachiosaurus. As you can see, we only captured part of the dinosaur. If this dinosaur was alive today it would be the equivalent of two yellow school buses.

Here we have a

Triceratops. The name Triceratops means "three horned face" and gave away to its characteristics. It used its horns to protect itself from its predators.

Lastly, this is an actual fossil of a Tyrannosaurus Rex's head. It's head is approximately five feet long. It is the largest meat eating dinosaur. Its name means "tyrant lizard." It can weigh up to 5400 kilograms. Here is a replica of a Tyrannosaurus Rex devouring another dinosaur.

Triceratops. The name
Triceratops means "three horned face" and gave away to its characteristics. It used its horns to protect itself from its predators.